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і м м Ў Ў Ў Ў ў PresidentТs Note for July & August 2015
Buongiorno,
Summer is here! And with summer St. PaulТs will be the host teaching site for a small group of Italian high school age students who are staying with host families here in Sacramento and taking ESL (English as a second language) classes led by our own David Polster. Some of you may also have met Lindsay Zimmerman who is coordinator for this venture. If you are able, stop by the church social hall on Friday July 17th between five and seven in the evening, as there will be a welcome party where you can meet the students, coordinators and host families. This informal gathering is bound to be enlightening and fun and will be a good opportunity to show a little St. PaulТs pride and hospitality.
Speaking of fun and hospitality, I understand the potluck picnic style gathering at Punky and RickТs was a great success. They have a beautiful yard and are gracious hosts. Thanks guys! WeТll see if we can find a good excuse to have another gathering this summer, perhaps movie night, stay tuned.
St. PaulТs has joined with five other smaller ELCA congregations in the greater Sacramento region as part of a Small Congregation Study Project. The emphasis of this project, as I understand it, is how small congregations can work together, share in ministry and discern where God would have us be as we strive to be more outwardly focused, more mission centered. Pr. Vern Holmes of Gethsemane and Pr. Jason Bense of Our Redeemer have spearheaded this venture and retained Pr. Ronald Zoesch as Project Consultant. Pr. Zoesch has some experience in this realm and was part of Rev. Elizabeth EatonТs staff prior to her becoming Presiding Bishop of the ELCA. You will find a synopsis of what transpired at our first gathering of the SCSP here in our newsletter. If you have questions, concerns or ideas please ask! Some of you already may know that IТm a fan of the band Mumford and Sons. They have a newer song titled Believe and thereТs a line, a lyric, in the song that relates how I feel with our new study group and with fellow believers here at St. PaulТs: УThis is never gonna go our way if IТm gonna have to guess whatТs on your mind.Ф Pr. Schedler has told me more than once Уcommunication, communication, communication.Ф IТm УgonnaФ try, letТs all try to work towards that clarity;). With GodТs guidance working and communicating together as a congregation, a group of congregations, as the body of Christ we can accomplish great things. Thy will be done.
In more somber news please keep our brothers and sisters in Christ in Charleston in your prayers. Both Bishop Eaton and Bishop Holmerud have written poignant articles concerning this tragic, needless, bloody event. Racism, mental illness and weapons are a bad mix. Regrettably, evil exists and rears its ugly head in unfathomable ways. Pray for those not only in Charleston, but also in North Korea, Africa, the Holy Land and of course right here at home in our community and on our prayer lists. Bad things can happen anywhere, but remember ultimately grace, truth, justice and mercy will prevail.
Concluding on a positive note youТll see a list here in the newsletter congratulating recent high school and college grads who have ties here to St. PaulТs. May these new grads both be blessed and a blessing to the communities they are in and those they will be entering. May the Lord watch over them, us and our soon to arrive young Italian guests now and always.
Pace e benedizioni,
Chuck Prewett
Council President
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